Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Feeling Better?

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Sunday, 17 July 2011

Feeling Better?

Yesterday's 6 minutes of cycling seems to have really helped. Target today is 10 minutes.

We had a technology upgrade day in our household yesterday; new notebook computers for my daughter and I, and a smartphone for Mrs Turbo. The HD screen on my Samsung machine is simply amazing and the speed that it loads stuff from the net is a vast improvement. I'm going to have to try watching sport on the net now; Moto GP coverage starts in 10 minutes. As for smartphones, it seems they are almost giving them away if you look around. Mrs Turbo got an HTC something-or-other free on a monthly contract of £15 per month with £150 of gift tokens thrown in to sweeten the deal.

The weather outside is frightful (sounds like a good line for a song!) so today I will be mostly staying indoors watching Moto GP and Le Tour. I have become a bit of a fan of Thomas Voeckler who is riding way beyond expectations in defending the yellow jersey. I'm not sure what his time trialling is like but the way he is going in the mountains he could very well wear it all the way to Paris. The other main contenders appear to be so busy looking at each other that they have missed the point of the race, that is to win!

Heal well folks.

2 comments:

Turbo Man said...: Target of 10 minutes of cycling was achieved, and topped out at 70rpm and 18kmh (about 110 Tacx Watts!!!).

I'm feeling good so may try another 10 minutes later on.; 17 July 2011 at 12:39
Cavegirl said...: Steady there!

I like the way Thomas is riding too, apparently he's about as good as any in the leading bunch at time trialling - ie not that great!; 17 July 2011 at 19:13